Amidst

Examples

• We must be going with the rest,' observed Mrs Lammle, rising with a show of unwillingness, amidst a general dispersal. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On the same day, amidst the outcries of all the women in the place, he put his head out of doors. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• You, sir, as a clergyman, said he, may feel it disagreeable to be present amidst scenes of hurry and flurry, and, I may say, peril. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• We cannot tell what seeds of the future may not be germinating already amidst our present confusions. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Entering a portal, fastened only by a latch, I stood amidst a space of enclosed ground, from which the wood swept away in a semicircle. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The cold is excessive, and many of my unfortunate comrades have already found a grave amidst this scene of desolation. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• He began to order new levies and gather fresh armies amidst the wreckage of his world empire. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• We move amidst generalities and symbols . Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Perhaps you think I had forgotten Mr. Rochester, reader, amidst these changes of place and fortune. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• On April 20th, 1792, the king came down to the Assembly and proposed war amidst great applause. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• He had seen, amidst Italian cities and scenes, faces like Moore's; he had heard, in Parisian cafés and theatres, voices like his. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Amidst this hush the quartet sped; he replaced the watch, laid the picture down, rose, and stood on the hearth. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• With those words, and a final snap of his fingers, Mr. Stryver shouldered himself into Fleet-street, amidst the general approbation of his hearers. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The unthinking, he said, the ungrateful, to scorn him who, amidst blood and flames, would have saved her life at the risk of his own! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Amidst this sordid scene, sat a man with his clenched hands resting on his knees, and his eyes bent on the ground. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Thenlooking up, have I seen in the sky a head amidst circling stars, of which the midmost and the brightest lent a ray sympathetic and attent. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He felt as if he had had dirt cast on him amidst shouts of scorn. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• You unguarded Englishwomen walk calmly amidst red-hot ploughshares and escape burning. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Amidst this spreading vegetation of the lower plains the reptiles were increasing mightily in multitude and variety. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries a steady process of conversion to Christianity went on amidst these German and Slavonic tribes. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Amidst the vast ruins of the city of Rome half-independent families of quasi-noble adventurers and their retainers maintained themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Amidst the wilds of Tartary and Russia, although he still evaded me, I have ever followed in his track. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Take my life if thou wilt, and say, the Jew, amidst his tortures, knew how to disappoint the Christian. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Think you, amidst the shrieks of violated innocence and helpless infancy, I did not feel in every nerve the cry of a fellow being? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Amidst a wondering silence, we three walked out of the Jolly Bargemen, and in a wondering silence walked home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I watched them alight (carriages were inadmissible) amidst new and unanticipated splendours. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Zat Arras stood white and trembling amidst his officers. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Perhaps he saw her now on that stage, over against him, amidst all that brilliant throng. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

Edited by Julia